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Cross-Cultural Psychology

Contemporary Themes and Perspectives
2. Aufl.

von: Kenneth D. Keith
40,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.04.2019
ISBN/EAN:	9781119438441
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	752

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Explains and explores the important areas of psychology through a cultural perspective This book addresses key areas of psychology, placing them in cultural perspective via a comprehensive overview of current work integrating culture across the major subfields of psychological science. Chapters explore the relation of culture to psychological phenomena, starting with introductory and research foundations, and moving to clinical and social principles and applications. It covers the subfields that are of most importance to undergraduates and beginning graduates, such as consciousness, development, cognition, intelligence, personality, research methods, statistics, gender, personality, health, and well-being. Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 2nd Edition is richly documented with research findings and examples from many cultures, illuminating the strengths and limitations of North American psychology, while also highlighting the diversity and vitality of this fascinating field. The book offers many new chapters, in addition to fully updated ones from the previous edition. Starting with basic concepts in the subject, the book offers chapters covering ethnocentrism, diversity, evolutionary psychology, and development across cultures. It also examines education, dreams, language and communication issues, sex roles, happiness, attractiveness, and more. <ul> <li>Provides a comprehensive overview of current work integrating culture across major subfields of psychological science</li> <li>Offers introductory chapters on topics such as cultural psychology and ethnocentrism, which provide a foundation for more specialized chapters in development, education, cognition, and beyond</li> <li>Features new chapters in areas such as cultural competence, culture and dreams, education across cultures, abnormality across cultures, and evolutionary psychology</li> <li>Presents chapters by some of the leading contributors to the fields of cultural and cross- cultural psychology</li> </ul> Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 2nd Edition is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate courses in cultural or cross-cultural psychology.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors xi Foreword xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Part I Basic Concepts 1 1 Psychology and Culture: An Introduction 3 Kenneth D. Keith 2 Ethnocentrism: Seeing the World from Where We Stand 23 Kenneth D. Keith 3 Cross‐Cultural Competence 39 Chi‐yue Chiu and Yuanyuan Shi Part II Culture, Psychological Science, and Research Methods 57 4 Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Cross‐Cultural Research 59 Bernard C. Beins 5 The Inextricable Link Between Culture and Statistics 82 Susan A. Nolan and Andrew F. Simon 6 Infusing Diversity into Research Methods = Good Science 107 Linda M. Woolf and Michael R. Hulsizer 7 Evolution and Cross‐Cultural Psychology 128 Afshin Gharib Part III Development 151 8 Child Development Across Cultures 153 Adriana Molitor and Hui‐Chin Hsu 9 Adolescent Development in a Cross‐Cultural Perspective 190 Judith L. Gibbons and Katelyn E. Poelker 10 Cultural Variations in Perceptions of Aging 216 James T. Gire Part IV Cognition 241 11 Culture and Cognition 243 Michael Cole and Martin Packer 12 Conceptions and Approaches to Education Across Cultures 271 Ji‐Yeon O. Jo and Jungmin Kwon 13 Cross‐Cultural Differences in Visual Perception of Color, Illusions, Depth, and Pictures 287 William L. Phillips 14 International Developments Influencing the Field of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 309 Robert L. Schalock and Miguel A. Verdugo Part V Consciousness 325 15 Culture and Dreams 327 Roger Ivar Lohmann 16 Consciousness and Culture 342 Kenneth D. Keith Part VI Language and Communication 355 17 Language and Culture: Commonality, Variation, and Mistaken Assumptions 357 David S. Kreiner 18 Crossing Boundaries: Cross‐Cultural Communication 375 Leeva C. Chung Part VII Gender and Sex Roles 399 19 Women Across Cultures 401 Hilary M. Lips and Katie M. Lawson 20 Stability or Change? A Cross‐Cultural Look at Attitudes Toward Sexual and Gender Identity Minorities 427 Mary E. Kite, LaCount J. Togans, and Tollie J. Schultz Part VIII Health, Disorders, and Treatment 449 21 Cultural Influences on Health 451 Regan A. R. Gurung 22 Perspectives of Psychopathology Across Cultures and Among Indigenous Societies 467 Josephine C. H. Tan 23 Culture and Psychotherapy: Searching for an Empirically‐Supported Relationship 482 Junko Tanaka‐Matsumi Part IX Emotion and Well‐Being 499 24 Culture, Emotion, and Expression 501 David Matsumoto and Hyi Sung C. Hwang 25 Wellbeing Across Cultures: Issues of Measurement and the Interpretation of Data 516 Robert A. Cummins 26 Happiness Around the World 531 Jennifer Zwolinski Part X Social Psychology 547 27 Social Influence: A Cross‐Cultural Perspective 549 Tyler Collette and Richard L. Miller 28 Cross‐Cultural Differences and Similarities in Attribution 575 Kristy K. Dean and Anne M. Koenig 29 The Importance of Attractiveness Across Cultures 598 Stephanie L. Anderson 30 Multicultural Identity Development: Theory and Research 614 Richard L. Miller and Tyler Collette 31 Cross‐Cultural Organizational Psychology: An African Perspective 632 Terence Jackson Part XI Personality 659 32 Culture and Theories of Personality: Western, Confucian, and Buddhist Perspectives 661 Peter J. Giordano 33 The Five‐Factor Model: Contemporary Personality Theory 685 Irina A. Novikova and Alexandra A. Vorobyeva Part XII Concluding Thoughts 707 34 Culture and Psychology: Prospects and Possibilities 709 Kenneth D. Keith Index 724

Autorenportrait

Kenneth D. Keith, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of San Diego. He has taught introductory psychology, research methods, history and systems of psychology, and cross-cultural psychology. His research interests include cross-cultural psychology, quality of life, intellectual disability, and the teaching of psychology. Keith is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions on Teaching and International Psychology), the Western Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science, and a member of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology, former President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and former Chief Reader for the College Board Advanced Placement Psychology program.

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Explains and explores the important areas of psychology through a cultural perspective This book addresses key areas of psychology, placing them in cultural perspective via a comprehensive overview of current work integrating culture across the major subfields of psychological science. Chapters explore the relation of culture to psychological phenomena, starting with introductory and research foundations, and moving to clinical and social principles and applications. It covers the subfields that are of most importance to undergraduates and beginning graduates, such as consciousness, development, cognition, intelligence, personality, research methods, statistics, gender, personality, health, and well-being. Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 2nd Edition is richly documented with research findings and examples from many cultures, illuminating the strengths and limitations of North American psychology, while also highlighting the diversity and vitality of this fascinating field. The book offers many new chapters, in addition to fully updated ones from the previous edition. Starting with basic concepts in the subject, the book offers chapters covering ethnocentrism, diversity, evolutionary psychology, and development across cultures. It also examines education, dreams, language and communication issues, sex roles, happiness, attractiveness, and more. <ul> <li>Provides a comprehensive overview of current work integrating culture across major subfields of psychological science</li> <li>Offers introductory chapters on topics such as cultural psychology and ethnocentrism, which provide a foundation for more specialized chapters in development, education, cognition, and beyond</li> <li>Features new chapters in areas such as cultural competence, culture and dreams, education across cultures, abnormality across cultures, and evolutionary psychology</li> <li>Presents chapters by some of the leading contributors to the fields of cultural and cross-cultural psychology</li> </ul> Cross-Cultural Psychology: Contemporary Themes and Perspectives, 2nd Edition is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate courses in cultural or cross-cultural psychology.